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Mountain - 2515m/8250 |
Scrambling with Ian Cameron
Height gain: 671m/2201'
Ascent date: July 15, 2005
Ascent time: 1:00 From Allison Peak
Comment: Difficult scramble |
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This scramble is part
of a very exciting traverse. We started at Mt.
Ward, then a traverse to Allison
Peak, and another traverse to Window Mountain,
including a visit to the Window itself. The weather was perfectly
gorgeous. Sunny with some clouds and a gentle cool breeze. Our
overall roundtrip took 8:30hrs, including a half hour stay on
each summit.
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(1) Here's the summit ridge to the Window Mountain.
(2) Following the ridge back to the second false summit led
us to a very nasty downclimb. Loose rocks, sharp rocks, and
a lot of loose and sharp rocks. This downclimb may not be
deadly but a fall may very well leave a mark. |
 
(1) We were at the summit after an hour. Allison
Peak, the connecting ridge and the horrible downclimb are
behind us now.
We couldn't find the register at the summit so we left the Nalgene
bottle I found on Mt. Ward.
(2) This is the ridge down to the Window. From Mt. Ward, this
ridge looks very exposed... especially the final descent (title
photo). |
  (1)
We've been scrambling for hours already so another nasty downclimb
didn't seem to bother us anymore. (2) Now look at the size
of that... window. We might have actually stayed an hour here
to take a break from the sun, and also to celebrate our best
scrambling trip so far. |
  (1)
For our return trip, we followed the rubble all the way down
to the valley. We circled Mt. Ward to the right, and headed
towards the grassy hill seen here.
(2) We soon met with a bunch of ATV trails and just followed
one back to the road.
Here's a farewell treat from the trio. |
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